Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)

Directed by Hans Richter

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An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Arnold Eagle · Composers: Louis Applebaum, Paul Bowles, Darius Milhaud, John Cage, David Diamond

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